On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:28:45 -0600, o1bigtenor wrote in message
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> On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 12:32 PM Arnt Karlsen <arnt@???> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:10:10 +0100, Arnt wrote in message
> > <20231123191010.18d7abad@dvn>:
> >
> > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 08:38:18 -0600, o1bigtenor wrote in message
> > > <CAPpdf59VwZBsRBZDYrLimCvw0cHRVaM2mJ+VPYVe1_iUjSEeig@???>:
> > >
> > > > Greetings
> > > >
> > > > Quite a number of years ago it was recommended to me that I use
> > > > claws to work on my emails.
> > > >
> > > > I haven't switched because I'm not sure if claws will support
> > > > both receiving from
> >
> > ..er, I did miss this, yes, it can do that, and you've done enough
> > emailing to learn why you don't want that mess. It can even sort
> > your email tree if you wanna try the email client lock-in gamble.
>
> I use the different addresses to create some anonymity and also
> keep things separated (different addresses for different things that
> I do/am interested in - - - that kind of thing) - - - - I can be found
> just using my first name - - - - which is great if you like a 5' dia
> target on your butt but if you don't - - - - well - - - its just no
> fun!!!!

..back in the 1990ies before Groklaw.net ate all my time online, I
used to use exmh and later sylpheed for email and pan on my usenet
traffic to keep my email and usenet traffic separated, they looked
different enough to remind me of WTF I was doing.

..you might be able to do something similar playing around with
colorful theme setups hooked up to each mail ID, otherwise just
use different MUAs, e.g. exmh, mutt, kmail etc, one for each ID.

> > ..if you find good old fetchmail, procmail feeding your MH tree, too
> > old fashion, there are newer toys out there, e.g. getmail, maildrop,
> > and you can also feed all your email into your own database setup.
> > I've not tested any of these new toys.
> >
> The is where I really don't know squat about what I need to do.
>
> So besides claws I will need to set up fetchmail and procmail - - -
> do I understand that correctly?

..yep, and I now see you'll prefer getmail and maildrop,
1) because they are easier to set up, even by newbies,
2) because they are newer and better supported by people
who still remember HTF they set them up, and 3) I've
touched my setup maybe 10 times since the 1990ies, no
more than 25 times when including cut-n-pasting configs
on simply moving my Mail/ tree etc onto new disks.

> If I set up a hosted domain will I be able to set that up as an email
> recipient (group) for my addresses?

..yep, me, I just use fetchmail to fetch _all_ my mail, and procmail
to drop it home into my, er, quite messy Mail/ tree and read it with
claws, no need for any fancy imap etc proxy server unless you wanna
mess around reading your email on e.g. your wife's phone.

> Sorry - - - I just beat these things to death (lots of fun that!) but
> have only started my 'peeking' under the hood!
>
> Thanks for the ideas!!!

..you're welcome, you're also welcome to play guinea pig
on all the fancy new stuff in this thread. ;o)

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.